In many countries around the worls life expectancy is increasing. What are the advantages and disadvantages?

In a lot of countries across the globe
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life
expectancy
is becoming higher. In
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both positive and negative effects that come with that trend will be discussed. One of the advantages is taken from an ethical side. Higher
life
expectancy
means that an average person will get to witness more events,
emotions
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in their
life
: the wedding of their own kids,
the
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birth of a grandson or a granddaughter. The ability to live long is a highly placed goal, which exists despite the fact that extra experiences that are provided will only provoke positive emotions,
for
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happiness or satisfaction - it
also
may trigger adverse feelings,
such
as more sadness, depression, fear, etc.
This
desire has always existed in most members of various societies and is one thing that brings together many cultures, religions and nations together.
On the other hand
, the increased
life
expectancy
leads to more money being spent on people, who have already filled their potential and cannot work in the future.
This
happens because as we age
further
, our
body
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become less mobile. Other adverse effects include, but are not
limitted
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limited
to, the degradation of cognitive functions (communication, analysis, memory). All these effects accumulate over time and make an old person unable to work and,
hence
, earn money.
This
means that unless the
elder
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has
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their own accumulated cash in their financial accounts, the government or the younger generation of family have to help them with bills and expenses.
For instance
, the money spent in
this
way could have
instead
been invested into the education of teens and children which can potentially invent new technologies and solve global issues in the long run.
As a result
, the increased
life
expectancy
may slow down the scientific and humanitarian
progresses
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of our civilisation. In conclusion, the advantage
present
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above is more significant, because the strive to live longer will always be present and appreciated to a high degree, possibly
due to
the survival instinct of the human species.
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